Baby safety toothbrush

ABSTRACT

This is a baby safety toothbrush. While it looks like a pacifier, and is safe like a pacifier, it is really a toothbrush. This safe toothbrush will allow a baby or young child to become accustomed to a toothbrush and even brush their teeth, all while remaining safe from injury.

This baby safety toothbrush is pretty simple. It is basically a toothbrush head attached to the back of a pacifier. This allows a baby to chew on a toothbrush head and become accustomed to a toothbrush in their mouth, but having the safety of a short shaft and a physical barrier to the whole apprentice entering the baby's mouth.

The problem this invention solves is that it allows a baby to get comfortable with a toothbrush at a very young age. In addition, another problem this item addresses is that it is safe. This item will only penetrate in to a baby's mouth as far as a normal pacifier.

The invention, Baby Safe Toothbrush, will be as long, wide and deep as a pacifier's oral part, but the head on it will look like a baby toothbrush. The end b 1/2 of an inch or so will have soft toothbrush bristles for brushing baby's teeth. The remainder of the shaft will be the same but without the bristles.

The oral shaft will end at a plastic safety shield, similar to that found on a pacifier. It will be circular, or oval, or square, or rectangular shape or any shape that is comfortable to the child, large enough to keep the toothbrush head from entering the baby's mouth far enough to hurt the baby. It will be about ⅛ of an inch in thickness.

OPTIONAL HANDLE, continuing from the disk, opposite side of the oral shaft, will be a 2-inch long, ½-inch wide and ⅛-inch deep plastic handle for the parent or small child to hold onto while brushing the child's teeth.

This new invention allows the baby, small child or toddler to brush their own teeth without the risk of injuring the soft pallet, as the disk in the center of the toothbrush prevents the toothbrush from entering the child's mouth far enough to do so, while still allowing the toothbrush to reach all the child's teeth.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

Not Applicable

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

No Federal sponsorship

REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISC APPENDIX

No separate information submitted. This is a pretty simply patent.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

This baby safety toothbrush is pretty simple. It is basically a toothbrush head attached to the back of a pacifier. This allows a baby to chew on a toothbrush head and become accustomed to a toothbrush in their mouth, but having the safety of a short shaft and a physical barrier to the whole apprentice entering the baby's mouth.

The problem this invention solves is that it allows a baby to get comfortable with a toothbrush at a very young age. And another problem this item addresses is that it is safe. This item will only penetrate in to a baby's mouth as far as a normal pacifier.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This baby safety toothbrush is pretty simple. It is basically a toothbrush head attached to the back of a pacifier. This allows a baby to chew on a toothbrush head and become accustomed to a toothbrush in their mouth, but having the safety of a short shaft and a physical barrier to the whole apprentice entering the baby's mouth.

The problem this invention solves is that it allows a baby to get comfortable with a toothbrush at a very young age. And another problem this item addresses is that it is safe. This item will only penetrate in to a baby's mouth as far as a normal pacifier.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

There is only one simple drawing to accompany this submittal. The drawing is a simplified top, front, right side drawing.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

My invention is a Baby Safe Toothbrush. It will be as long, wide and deep as a pacifier's oral part, but the head on it will look like a baby toothbrush. The end ½ of an inch or so will have soft toothbrush bristles for brushing baby's teeth. The remainder of the shaft will be the same but without the bristles.

The oral shaft will end at a plastic safety shield, similar to that found on a pacifier. It will be circular, or oval, or square, or rectangular shape or any shape that is comfortable to the child, large enough to keep the toothbrush head from entering the baby's mouth far enough to hurt the baby. It will be about ⅛ of an inch in thickness.

OPTIONAL HANDLE, continuing from the disk, opposite side of the oral shaft, will be a 2-inch long, ½-inch wide and ⅛-inch deep plastic handle for the parent or small child to hold onto while brushing the child's teeth.

This new invention allows the baby, small child or toddler to brush their own teeth without the risk of injuring the soft pallet, as the disk in the center of the toothbrush prevents the toothbrush from entering the child's mouth far enough to do so, while still allowing the toothbrush to reach all the child's teeth. 

1. This is a toothbrush that has a look and feel of a pacifier. Because it is like a pacifier, a baby will treat it like a pacifier. While treating it like a pacifier, the baby will become accustomed to a toothbrush in his/her mouth. This will lead to better oral hygiene for the lifetime of the baby.
 2. With current toothbrush designs, there is a real danger of having the toothbrush being pushed into the baby's mouth. This can cause injuries and maybe even death. The safety factor to this invention is the most important factor. With this invention, there is no danger of injury to the baby or young child. The toothbrush can not push into a baby's mouth.
 3. This invention is the only invention to ever create a safe toothbrush. With this simple design, the safety benefits are enormous. 